Let's Keep In Touch

Pics of the kids

I'm lazy. You'll have to click the link. It'll be okay. You still love me anyway. :)

Fall Portraits

(Notice how I call them FALL portraits...to hint that there might be more than just one season of portraits each year? Aren't I tricky?)

busy, busy, busy

I've been a wee bit busy myself. I just now noticed that you two posted last week. I need to get into the design of this thing and re-do it. We don't have archives or anything. I just wanted to get it up and going first. Maybe this weekend.

Let's see. Want to see my last assignment? I don't have a grade on it yet. She forgot to bring the grading sheet. You know, hardly anyone likes this instructor but me. I love her. Of course, we're a lot alike, so that may account for it. heh.

Here 'tis:

Those are my Apple pro speakers. The point of the assignment was to use "gels" over the lights to achieve colored lighting without using Photoshop or some other computer manipulation. I actually like this one. I think I'm getting better at this.

Gels are just transparent sheets of colored, slightly stiff but still pliable plastic. You just tape them over the lights. You have to be careful not to let them melt, though. Good times.

I'm so happy you guys are posting. Kyle was worried that we wouldn't use this. That could be because of my habit of starting a project and then dropping it when I get bored. Hee.

Type at you soon...

I'm trying!

I'm trying to keep in touch! I seriously have such little time on my hands these days. Everyday it's something else. But, were all doing good. Sky's doing great in the 5th grade. He's on a basketball team. He got glasses a couple months ago. His b.day is on the 29th of this month, coming all too soon! Gosh Deb, how old is Macha? Tell me she's not already 3! Where does all the time go! Nika will be 8 months next week. She's so her mother! She's developing some sort of attitude...don't know where she gets it! But, she's great! She really is a good baby. She's fighting off her first cold right now. Just a stuffy nose and maybe a little ear itch. I had what she has last week. Ummm, I'm ...still alive. School is killing me!! It's so hard to find time to study! I hate to tell you this Penny, but in my Bio Lab class, they're making me dissect a cat! It's really not as bad as I thought it would be. I mean I absolutely love cats but, they just look different when ....they're dissected. I just had a test on the muscles of a cat and I got 19/20, not bad if I do say so myself! and I do! teehee... So, anyway school is time-consuming, but worth it in the end. Ummmm...what else, Sergei is ok, too. My mom is good too. My sister is going thru some crappy times. Her job is screwing her and she almost lost her place in the fires in San Diego. But, she's managing. She's so strong. I'm very proud of her for that. Uhhh, it's 1am now, and we have church in the morning. Imagine that! Me going to church, with my family, willingly! I really like it, too!
I love and miss you all so, so, SO much!
Sending good juju's your way always!
Love,
ChaSae and Family
XXXOOOXXXOOO :)

My Back Went Out

And yes, it's a really lame excuse for not having posted lately because it's been better for a good three weeks now, but it's what I got.

So anyway, my back went out, and by "out" I mean couldn't walk, couldn't stand, couldn't sit, sure as hell couldn't work. I mean whimper every time I felt a sneeze coming on (because of course you know I had to get a freaking cold at the exact same time) because I knew it would hurt like hell. I mean crawl to the bathroom on my hands and knees, sobbing the whole way. Oh yeah, OUT.

Go ahead, ask me why I didn't go to the emergency room and get lovely joyous pain-relieving muscle relaxants (like everyone else has). Well, honestly, this pain was enough that I would gladly have ignored my usual no-drugs policy and dosed myself into oblivion, however, that would have left the kids essentially home alone while Daddy was at work all day. (Not a good idea. My kids would have had to call 911 in less than 2 hours.)

I went to the chiropractor instead. In the movie Jacob's Ladder, they have a chiropractor who is an angel. Definitely the most accurate portrayal of a chiropractor I've ever seen. I wasn't instantly well, but I'd say I walked out of there the first day feeling at least 30% better. I was probably willing at that time to have his child, had he requested it.

Now, the total cost of my back going out, including the week and a half I was out of work? $500. All this because my 3 year old had a fussy day and instead of stopping what I was doing to comfort her, I toted her around on my hip all day instead. And then I ignored the twinges in my back. And then I ignored the pain in my back and went to work anyway with an ice pack and a lot of aspirin.

Moral of my story: If my back is achey, I will go to the chiropractor ASAP and quit pretending to be Supermom and SuperPizzachick.